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Esports teams based in the United Kingdom (4 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Esports teams based in Europe" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Esports teams based in Europe (17 C, 3 P) Esports in Turkey (1 C) This page was last edited on 28 May 2024, at 10:24 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Esports competition held concurrently with the Commonwealth Games. Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations and their overseas territories 2022-present CompeteLeague: An amateur esports leagues circuit and broadcast provider since January 2016. Currently operates the largest amateur League of Legends circuit on European and North American ...
The European Esports Federation was formed in April 2019 and includes UK, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, France, Russia, Slovenia, Serbia, Sweden, Turkey, and Ukraine. This body was designed more to be a managing partner for other esports, working to coordinate event structures and regulations across multiple esports. [222]
Riot Games launched League of Legends in October 2009 and attracted attention from the competitive gaming community. [11] The first two seasons of competitive play consisted of a series of tournaments mostly organised by third parties, such as Intel Extreme Masters in Europe, capped by a world championship tournament hosted by Riot Games.
Since the early beginnings of Esports, Europe has had a role in the sport's advancement in world recognition. In the early 1990s, France's Electronic Sports World Cup and Germany's Gamers Gathering together both garnered more than 2,000 participants, being just a popular as other sports competitions in the United States and South Korea. [ 12 ]
The announcement of the 2024 Esports World Cup was met with a mixed response due to concerns over Saudi Arabia's human rights record and the tournament's use for sportswashing. [16] Saudi Arabia's significant investment in the esports scene, amounting to billions of dollars, has led to a rapid expansion of the industry within the country.
G2 Esports (or simply G2) is a European esports organization headquartered in Berlin, Germany, [1] with players competing in League of Legends, Valorant, Counter-Strike 2, Hearthstone, Rocket League, Rainbow Six Siege, Fortnite, and iRacing.